Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden,to the beds of spices,to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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In Context
3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine.He browses among the lilies,
Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, you whom my soul loves,where you graze your flock,where you rest them at noon;For why should I be as one who is veiledbeside the flocks of your companions?Lover
Song of Solomon 4:12A locked up garden is my sister, my bride;a locked up spring,a sealed fountain.
Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes.His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd.He will gather the lambs in his arm,and carry them in his bosom.He will gently lead those who have their young.
Isaiah 58:11and the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Ezekiel 34:23I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 6:2-4
Enquiring after Christ. 1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. Here is, I. The enquiry which the daughters of Jerusalem made concerning Christ, v. 1 . They still continue their high thoughts of the church, and call her, as before, the fairest… Read the whole commentary →